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 Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:07 pm
Marcus, meanwhile, ate ravenously. He was very hungry, and any time that wasn't spent smiling weakly at his grandmother and the earl was better spent looking down at his plate.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:08 pm
The earl looked at the two of them for a moment, wondering if they had discussed the suggestions from the previous night at all. He glanced at the duchess, wondering if she was thinking along the same lines.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:13 pm
And really, when was she not thinking along those lines? The Duchess looked confusedly at her friend. Terryn had seemed so willing! And the earl had said that Marcus actually wanted to get married. Leave it to Marcus to bungle things, she thought, sighing and looking down at her bread.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:17 pm
After a while, the earl cleared his throat and stood up. "Emily, would you like to join me in the garden? Give these two some times to eat in peace." He extended his hand to the duchess and avoided his daughter's glances.
((yes thats right. after much deliberation, i decided the duchess is named emily))
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:21 pm
OOC: Nicely chosen. I was thinking along the lines of Elizabeth, but that's like a royal name. Very, very nice. But I think I'm still going to be calling her the Duchess.
The Duchess lifted herself from her chair, smiling. "I would be delighted, Arvin," she answered, giving Terryn a significant, slightly reproachful look.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:31 pm
Terryn blinked as they walked off together, finishing her meal as quickly as possible so they could sneak away before the pair returned. "We were right."
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:33 pm
"About them conspiring?" asked Marcus, not really thinking. He set his fork down and looked over his shoulder. The Duchess and the Earl didn't seem like they were returning terribly soon.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:42 pm
Terryn nodded, getting up from the table and going around to do a very naughty thing. To wit, sit in Marcus's lap. "I can not help myself. If they come in and see this I will absolutely die from hysterics."
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:48 pm
"I do not doubt that," Marcus answered, laughing. He made no motion to move Terryn, however. "You do not think that your father would get angry, do you?" he asked. The earl seemed to trust him completely for now, and he didn't want to misuse that trust--or, at least, appear to.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:01 pm
Terryn shook her head. "I do not think so. I think he has grandchildren in mind already, so I am sure that seeing this would only make him more manic about it than he already is." She leaned forward and gave him a gentle kiss, playing absentmindedly with his hair.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:08 pm
Marcus smiled, pulled away, and surprised himself. "Marry me?" he asked. He hadn't really meant to say that, but it came out of his mouth, and he couldn't very well retract his offer. And he didn't want to, in any case. So he sat there, proposing, with Terryn on his lap.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:15 pm
Terryn blinked, looking awfully dazed. "What did you say?" There was a bit of laughter in her voice, as if she didn't believe he could possibly be serious with his request.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:24 pm
Marcus cleared his throat. "Would you--or will you--marry me? I won't take offence, of couse, if you would rather not," he added hastily. Inwardly, he was shrinking. And not only shrinking, but shrinking and running off a very high, steep cliff.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:29 pm
Terryn stared at him in shock, her entire body seizing up for a moment as she climbed off his lap. In her mind, she was still in disbelief. "Are you...are you serious?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:44 pm
Marcus seriously considered denying it, and maybe laughing at Terryn's naivete. But he was finished with that sort of thing. And besides, hadn't the earl said that Terryn wouldn't let him go, even if she wasn't ready? "I am serious," Marcus said uncertainly, hoping that the earl was right.
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